The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Legal Aid Checker provides a guided pathway to information about common legal issues.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

NICAR, the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, is a program of IRE, founded in 1989 and supported by the Missouri School of Journalism.

• Media
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

For too long, advocacy tools have been fragmented and siloed.

• Organize campaigns
• Manifestos

Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

• Media
• Learn about civic tech
• Fight disinformation

NationalMap is an online map-based tool to allow easy access to spatial data from Australian government agencies.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

• place-based

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The list contains relevant articles for anyone interested in understanding the space of technological solutions to societal, governmental, and society-government interface problems.

• Learn about civic tech
• Reading lists

We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Making our community a better place to live, work, and play through technology.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Filterable map view of NYC's participatory budgeting projects across the city

• Data visualization
• Civic maps
• Mapping

ControlShift is a set of web tools that helps your organization build community, leadership, and real power among your members.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

From Social Movement to Moral Market

• Organize campaigns
• Predecessors

Pavilion builds technology that empowers public servants to deliver better, faster public services from a wider and more diverse group of businesses.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

So, what are you crowdfunding for?

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Freedom of Information

Mozilla Festival (MozFest) brings the world together to leave the internet better than we found it. Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, invites you to our annual interactive festival in London, England. Come shape our best future online.

• 2023 Webby Awards

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Washington, D.C. – Eleven projects that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive storytelling, including narratives, ethics and production, will receive a share of $285,000 as winners ... Read More

• The Tech
• Journalism
• Emerging tech

the official public purchasing information portal on open procurement in Ukraine

• The Tech
• Procurement
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new developments as they happen.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

Canvassing & voter management software

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Welcome to your 8-day data detox! In just half an hour or less per day, you'll be well on your way to a healthier and more in-control digital self. What are you waiting for?

• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits

We’re excited to share that over the next year, we’ll be carrying out a new research initiative looking at how UK charities re-use existing digital tools for service delivery.

• reuse

• Adjacent Fields
• Nonprofit tech
• Tech for public challenges

Ask Izzy helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to find the services they need, right now and nearby.

• homelessness
• housing

• Bots
• Access social benefits
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

Designing a more equitable world

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser, building on top of TensorFlow.js with no other external dependencies.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

See if you qualify for support with food, cash & more. Answer a few questions and get help in under 5 minutes.

• Access social benefits

The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A collectivized document of mutual aid projects and resources.

• COVID
• COVID Organizing Projects

Medsaf is a curated medication marketplace for African hospitals and pharmacies.

• Good health and well-being

• Tech for public challenges

Digitale Projekte auf ihrer Learning Journey

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

Tired of paper & pen checklists, shift notes, and log books? Join 1000s of restaurants nationwide and streamline your food safety & quality with our mobile app!

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Nesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Get funding

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

• development

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

“Salzburg macht auf!” Das Land Salzburg stellt unter Open Government Data (OGD) bestehende Verwaltungsdaten zur freien Wiederverwendung und Weiterverwertung zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.

• guides

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital participation platforms